北卡罗来纳半场落后逆转击败堪萨斯87-74

"...North Carolina didn’t miss on the opportunity to make an early season statement, and perhaps start rewriting the non-conference narrative that became such an albatross last season...."

"...riding an enormous second-half turnaround in this Top 25 showdown between these blue-blood programs...."

"...Carolina blitzed Kansas 58-37 in the second half...."

"...which might as well have been an uppercut..."

"...but the Tar Heels didn’t allow Friday night to unfold into a showcase for Peterson’s considerable stock...."

"...whipping the big home crowd into a later...."

"...the surging Tar Heels were in the process of never looking back...."

"...They had hit 6-of-8 from the field to open the half there, and three of the buckets were Veesaar dunks...."

"...Later, Kyan Evans buried a 3-pointer, Veesaar deposited a reverse dunk and Wilson dunked as UNC put together a 12-0 run — which might as well have been an uppercut — to lead 58-46...."

"...The Tar Heels were weak with the ball at times and lose with it at others, while shooting just 10-for-30 from the field during the first half, including 3-for-15 from 3-point range...."

"...Carolina hits a three-game stretch of home games against mid-major opponents during which it will be heavily favored, beginning with Radford’s visit on Tuesday night...."

"...The Highlanders of the Big South Conference defeated West Virginia Wesleyan, a Division II program, on Friday night to improve to 2-0 on the new season...."

"...Matchups against NC Central (of the MEAC) and Navy (of the Patriot League) follow Radford on the schedule for the Tar Heels, who will play eight games against mid-major teams prior to Christmas across the non-conference portion of the season...."

"...UNC leads Radford 3-0 in the all-time series, and last met the Highlanders to open the 2023-24 season...."